Author Archives: Melanie Johnson

Melanie is a communications specialist in the Office of Public Affairs and a Cal Poly Pomona alumna. The areas she writes about include ASI, University Library, CLASS, The Collins College of Hospitality Management, the College of Agriculture, student affairs, foundation, CEU, and events. Her other duties include CyberNews.

A project designed to prevent water used in sinks, showers and washing machines from going to waste has earned Cal Poly Pomona engineering students a second-place prize at the Metropolitan Water District’s 10th annual Spring Green Expo. Bowen Du, Crystal…

Cal Poly Pomona’s mission to be the first university to send a rocket into space recently got a huge boost, thanks to a $1.67 million gift from the National College Resources Foundation (NCRF). A portion of the funding will support…

For Stuart Nealy, Cal Poly Pomona’s Reading, Advising, & Mentoring Program provided him with much more than assistance with test preparation and study habits. RAMP, as the program is known, provided Nealy, who will graduate in June with a degree…

From hybrid courses to online modules that students can access to help them succeed in their classes, professors who incorporate technology as a valuable learning tool were applauded at the annual PolyTeach conference. The 2017 recipients of the Wall of…

Jeff Passe, a longtime educator and scholar with a passion for forging university-community partnerships, will serve as the new dean for the College of Education & Integrative Studies, effective July 17. Passe, a professor and dean of The College of…

Pat Lopez, a former equipment technician for the athletics and kinesiology and health promotion departments who worked with legendary coaches John Scolinos, Darlene May and Roman Gabriel, has died. He was 82. Lopez, a Korean War veteran, worked at Cal…

Michael Oppenheim spent so much time in the University Library as a Cal Poly Pomona student, he thought of it as a second home. Although the son of librarians had the equivalent of a small reference library while growing up…

More than 2,000 students visited booths that lined University Quad, many of them dressed in business suits and clutching resumes on crisp, eggshell-white paper. Recruiters from a wide range of companies, including Xerox, Ready Pac Foods and Converse, greeted eager…

Angela Shih, chair of the mechanical engineering department, has seen the plight unfold in her classes: Financially strapped students unable or unwilling to pay $250 for a textbook who end up limping through their courses, often failing them. “A lot…

Gloria Concha, a longtime staff member dedicated to students and service at Cal Poly Pomona, died April 26. She was 68. Concha (’85, liberal studies), a financial aid counselor, began working at the university in 1985. The La Puente resident…